Tag Archives: Family
Millennials care more about parenting than marriage.
TweetThe last few years we have seen extensive data on the changing face of the American family. According to the American Community Survey an annual study done by the Census Bureau, there are 104 million unmarried Americans representing 45% of the adult population. Since 2005, the majority of US households are not headed by married [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: The Unfinished Revolution
TweetI had the absolute pleasure of sharing the stage recently with NYU professor and feminist sociologist Kathleen Gerson. Ann has written poignantly about her great book, The Unfinished Revolution: How a New Generation is Reshaping Family, Work, and Gender in America. I wanted to revisit it because there is just too much interesting stuff not [...]
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Awkward New Study Has Even More Awkward New Finding
Tweet Telegraph UK is reporting that women in this generation have three times more sexual partners on average than their grandmothers did. From the article: “Almost one in 10 of those asked said that they had had slept with more than 10 lovers by the age of 24. The average was 5.65 people. By contrast, [...]
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Lebron, Family Honor, and Yo Momma
Tweet Over the past few weeks, I’ve been following the Lebron James story with great interest. For those who don’t follow sports (or live under a rock), Lebron recently announced that he would be leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat, after much hype, speculation, conspiracy theories, and an hour-long ESPN special. [...]
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Report back from the Annual Conference of the Council on Contemporary Families